TELEGRAM TO V. N. KAYUROV[1]

Written:Written on August 30, 1921 Sent to NovonikolayevskPublished:First published in 1924 in the magazineProletarskaya RevolutsiaNo. 3.

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Concerningthe purging of the Party, I shall convey your
considerations to the Central Commission for Purging the
Party. My opinion is that the first serious experience in
purging the Party will give us a number of practical
indications which we shall subsequently use to draft the
conditions of enrolment. When you have collected enough
material, send me a letter with your considerations. Everything
that you have reported about the conditions of economic
work will be discussed by me in connection with all the
material available over here. Your recall from Siberia is
apparently to be put off until the work of purging the Party
is over.

[1]Thisdocument contains Lenin’s reply to a telegram from V. N.
Kayurov, who had been appointed chairman of the Commission
for Purging the Party in Siberia. The exchange of direct wire
telegrams took place on August 30, 1921, when Kayurov said
that he doubted the need for purging the Party, and proposed that
greater attention should be given to the Communists in
day-to-day practical work. At Lenin’s request, the Siberian commission
submitted its considerations on this matter to the Central
Commission for Purging the R.C.P.(B.).